BBC地道英语｜La-la land 想法不切实际

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Hello, I’m Rob…

大家好，我是罗布……

…and I’m Feifei and this is The English We Speak.

……我是菲菲，欢迎收听地道英语。

Feifei, you’ve travelled all over the world but have you ever been to la-la land?

菲菲，你环游过全世界，但你去过爱乐之城吗？

Ha – you mean Los Angeles – the city of angels. It’s an amazing place, full of film stars!

哈，你是说洛杉矶，天使之城。那是个很棒的地方，有许多电影明星！

Sounds great and you’re very clever – la-la land is the informal name for Los Angeles… but there is another la-la land.

听上去很棒啊，你也非常聪明，爱乐之城是洛杉矶的非正式名称……但还有另外一种爱乐之城。

And where is this other la-la land?

那另外一座爱乐之城在哪里呢？

It’s usually in someone’s head! Like our boss – he wants me to write all these scripts, edit them and make him a cup of tea – by the end of the day. He really is living in la-la land!

通常在某个人的脑袋里！比如我们老板，他想让我在这天结束的时候，把所有稿子都写出来，把它们都编辑好，再给他泡杯茶。他可真是生活在爱乐之城里啊。

Our boss is living in la-la land – but the last time I checked he was living in London!

我们老板住在爱乐之城，但上次我看他还住在伦敦啊！

Well Feifei, if someone is living in la-la land it can also mean they are in a fantasy world where they believe impossible things might happen – but they are being unreasonable and not being realistic.

菲菲，如果一个人住在爱乐之城，也表示他们住在一个幻想世界中，在那里，他们相信不可能的事情会发生。但他们是不理智的，也是不切实际的。

Just like our boss.

就像我们老板。

Someone in la-la land doesn’t really understand how things really are – take a listen to these examples…

生活在幻想之都的人不了解事情本来是什么样子的，听一下这些例子吧……

She’s clearly living in la-la land – how can we ever afford to buy a house with the little money we earn?

很明显，她的想法不切实际，我们挣这么点钱，怎么能买得起房子呢？

My boyfriend’s living in la-la land if he thinks I’m going sailing with him – I get seasick!

如果我男朋友觉得我会和他一起去航行的话，那他可真是不切实际，我晕船啊！

That’s la-la land – a phrase to describe someone who is unreasonable or out of touch with reality.I know the feeling – I’ve got lots of work to do too and I’m going on holiday tomorrow… I don’t suppose you could help me?

那个“爱乐之城”，是用来描述某人不理智或脱离现实的短语。我知道那种感觉——我也有许多工作要做，可我明天就要去度假了……我觉得你不会帮我对吧？

Feifei you really are living in la-la land –I’ve told you I haven’t got any time.

菲菲，你真是不切实际，我都告诉过你了，我一点时间都没有。

Ah well, I just thought I’d ask.

好嘛，我只是想问问嘛。

Anyway, where are you off on holiday to this time?

那你这次度假要去那里呢？

Can’t you guess?

你能猜一下不？

La-la land?

爱乐之城？

Bye!

再见！

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